Frequency doubling illusion: Detection vs. form resolution

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-42

  Quaid, Patrick T ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^a   Flanagan, John G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast detection; Flicker; Frequency doubling; Illusion; Nonlinear

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FLICKERING;

DETECTION THRESHOLDS; FORM RESOLUTION; FREQUENCY DOUBLING (FD) ILLUSION;

FREQUENCY DOUBLERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DOUBLING ILLUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION;

EID: 12444304455     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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